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War and courage
Barry MaleyApril 23, 2020Ideas@TheCentre

Among the victims of Covid-19 is our habit of annual pilgrimage to Anzac Cove in...

Tom Switzer - Executive Director Centre for Independent Studies
Note from Tom Switzer
Tom SwitzerApril 2, 2020Ideas@TheCentre

We’re only a few weeks into the coronavirus crisis, and already our intellectual opponents are...

The End of Pax Americana?
Doug Bandow, Tom SwitzerFebruary 26, 2020

For the past seventy or so years, the United States of America has been the...

The End of a Pax Americana?
Doug Bandow, Tom SwitzerFebruary 25, 2020

For the past seventy or so years, the United States of America has been the...

The End of a Pax Americana?
Tom Switzer, Doug BandowFebruary 25, 2020

For the past seventy or so years, the United States of America has been the...

The Next Pandemic; China’s Coronavirus
Doug Bandow, Private: Sue Windybank – Do not Use – Duplicate, Natasha Kassam, Salvatore Babones, Vicky XuFebruary 24, 2020

But what happens if the virus can’t be suppressed? How significant will the economic loss...

Humankind and the infinite resource base
Marian L. TupyApril 2, 2026OP212

This paper examines the human ability to expand our resource base into infinity. Given human...

The Legislative Fantasy. Hate Speech, Culture, and Institutional Failure
Dimitri BurshteinMarch 26, 2026AP103

Foreword The Bondi Beach attack of 14 December 2025 forced a reckoning that many Australians...

Generation Trapped. Housing, handouts, and the collapse of young Australians’ life satisfaction
Parnell Palme McGuinnessMarch 19, 2026RR52

Executive summary Over the past several decades, Australian society has undergone profound economic, social, and...

Why We Should Not Increase Capital Gains Tax
Robert CarlingMarch 11, 2026PP64
Debate about capital gains tax rarely occurs in isolation. It typically emerges during periods of...
10 CGT Myths Busted
Robert CarlingMarch 11, 2026IA155

The criticisms and characterisation of the 50% capital gains tax discount over many years have...

Growth that Builds: Beyond the immigration blame game 
Marian L. TupyMarch 5, 2026PP63
This paper argues that Australia’s housing crisis is primarily a supply failure, not simply a...
Myanmar’s Democracy Worth Saving
Anjali NadaradjaneMarch 12, 2021IDEAS@THECENTRE

For many, the Myanmar coup marked the failure of a democratic experiment. It was a...

Kiwi undiplomacy
Leonard HongFebruary 12, 2021IDEAS@THECENTRE

“In archaeology, you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known,” former United States...

Biden may mean trouble
Salvatore BabonesJanuary 22, 2021Ideas@theCentre

Joe Biden represents a ‘return to normalcy’ in American foreign policy, but that may mean...

Can Biden really unite America? Probably not
Tom SwitzerJanuary 21, 2021Financial Review

The day of the presidential inauguration is when an American president must rise above the...

Biden takes power with Pax Americana on the ash heap of history
Tom SwitzerJanuary 20, 2021The Australian

Now that Joe Biden is President, it is widely believed that he will repair some...

Republicans will pay for Typhoon Trump
Tom SwitzerJanuary 7, 2021The Australian

In nearly 30 years of closely following US politics, I have seen a great many...

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